make their tech budget more efficient. We are going to pay $500+ for a site
license of Geometer Sketchpad, but forgoing the $125 x 30 licenses for
Mathematica. Instead of Mathematica, we will use Gnuplot and every student
can use it at home and school.
Until I hear a strong desire for X program, and they will maximize its full
potential, a cheaper alternative is not a bad thing if the education is the
same.
Brian Lee
Manlius Pebble Hill School
> From: "Gary S. Stager" <district@stager.org>
> Reply-To: A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:23:14 -0700
> To: <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Sibelius Student Licensing
>
> Does anyone have a sense of how much effort, time and money went into making a
> program like Sibelius excellent?
>
> I'm increasingly concerned by educators devaluing intellectual property, like
> software. You pay for all sorts of other items, why should software cost
> nothing?
>
> The most effective schools with 1:1 use a handful of well-made open-ended
> software packages that enable students to learn and express themselves in ways
> otherwise impossible.
>
> Buy less, but great software with which students can develop fluency.
>
> Gary
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